Weed and stalk turning attachment for plows.



J. M. SHEPHERD. WEED AND STALK TURNING ATTACHMENT FOB. FLOWS.

AIPLIO ATI ON FILED AUG. 6, 1912.

Witnesses COLUMBIA ILANOGR Patented June 30, 1914.

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Inventor Attofneys UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFTE JAMES MELTON SHEPHERD, OFPAVO, GEORGIA.

WEED AND STALK TURNING ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMEs M. SHEPHERD, acitizen of the United States, residing at Pavo, in the county of Thomasand State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Weed and StalkTurning Attachment for Plows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to plow attachments and more particularly tomeans whereby weeds and stalks will be turned down into the adjacentfurrows so as to be covered by the furrow slice as it is turned over bythe plow to which the attachment is connected.

Another object is to provide a turning device of this character which issimple in construction, can be quickly and easily applied, and which canbe used in connection with plows of different forms.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a plow having theattachment combined therewith. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 isa section on line AB Fig. 2. F 4 is a perspective View of one of theclamps and showing the parts disconnected.

Referring to the figures by characters of references 1 designates a plowconnected to a beam 2 of any desired form and provided with handles 3.

The attachment constituting the present invention is to be secured tothe front portion of the beam 2 and consists of a rod bent to form astem 4 adapted to extend along the bottom face of the beam 2 close tothe clevis 5 and to be engaged by U-bolts 6 which straddle the beam andare secured, at their ends, with a plate 7 bearing down- Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed August 5, 1912.

Patented June 30 191a.

Serial No. 713,376.

wardly on the beam. From the stem 4 the rod is inclined downwardly andlaterally as shown at 8 and merges into a laterally and downwardlyextended arm 9 which is adapted to hold the turned weeds or stalks inposition where they will be covered by the furrow slice. It will benoted that all portions of the arm 9 are located in a vertical planeextending transversely of the plow and at right angles to the beam 2 andthere are thus no parts likely to hook onto obstructions in the paththereof and cause injury to the attachment.

It will be seen that when the plow is drawn forward the downwardly andlater ally inclined portion 8 will engage the stalks or the weeds in thepath thereof and turn them laterally after which they will be fur therengaged by the arm 9 and turned over into the path of the furrow sliceoverturned by the plow 1. Thus the weeds and stalks will be entirelycovered and it will be unnecessary to cut them prior to plowing thesoil.

Importance is attached to the fact that the device can be readilyattached to plow beams of different types.

The entire attachment is preferably formed of stiff spring metal so thatit will yield to a certain extent during the opera tion of turning thevegetation.

What is claimed is The combination with a plow including a beam, of aweed and stalk turning attachment formed in a single length of springmetal and including a straight stem arranged longitudinally under thebeam and having all portions thereof normally disposed in a horizontalplane, there being a downwardly and laterally inclined portion extendingslightly rearwardly from the back end of the stem and to a point beyondone side of the plow a straight arm extending laterally and downwardlyfrom the rear end of said inclined portion and disposed with all partsin the same vertical plane extending transversely of the plow and atright angles to the beam, and means for binding the stem against thebottom of the beam to hold the stem against rotation, said stem and theparts formed therewith being adjustable angularly about the longitudinalaxis of the stem when the binding means is loosened, said downwardly andlaterally my own, I have hereto aflixed my Signature inclined portionbeing adapted to bend the in the presence of two Witnesses. weedsforwardly and laterally and said arm being adapted to engage the turnedweeds JAMES MELTON SHEPHERD 5 and shift them inwardly to be covered byWitnesses:

the furrow slice from the plow. R, R. REDFEARN, In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as E. ALDERMAN.

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